United Airlines Plane Catches Fire at Chicago’s O'Hare Airport

‘The fire department and medical personnel met the aircraft out of an abundance of caution,’ a United Airlines spokesperson said.

A United Airline Airbus A320 aircraft lands at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Ill., on April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski

An engine caught fire on a United Airlines flight at Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport on May 27, causing the pilots to abort takeoff.

United Airlines flight 2091 from Chicago to Seattle experienced an engine fire at around 2 p.m. local time at O'Hare airport shortly before takeoff, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement.